The Prichard City Council has called an emergency meeting to take up urgent business involving the city’s water and sewer board, giving residents a rare same-week opportunity to weigh in on the fast-moving issue.
The meeting is set for 9 a.m. at the A.J. Cooper Municipal Complex and is open to the public. City officials are encouraging Prichard residents to attend.
At the center of the special session is a proposal to rescind a previous council resolution that had approved, ratified and authorized P-3 Group Inc. to serve as the city’s designated representative for negotiating a comprehensive solution involving the Prichard Water Works and Sewer Board. That earlier resolution specified that P-3 Group’s role was limited and remained subject to the council’s ultimate and binding authority over any final agreement.
Calling an emergency meeting allows the council to bypass the standard notice period typically required for regular sessions, a step reserved for matters city leaders consider too pressing to wait for the next scheduled meeting. The move signals that council members want to revisit the water and sewer board arrangement quickly, rather than let the existing resolution stand until a later date.
Prichard’s water and sewer system has been the subject of ongoing scrutiny in recent years, with city and utility officials working through questions about financing, management and long-term infrastructure needs. The council’s decision to reconsider P-3 Group’s designated role suggests city leaders may be recalibrating how negotiations over the water and sewer board’s future are handled going forward.
No further details on the council’s reasoning were immediately available. Residents with questions about the water and sewer board or the proposed resolution change are encouraged to attend Friday morning’s meeting in person.